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.. V f WEEKLY V A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY, t-.ii Volume X. Number 53. Hertford, PemuiimnTCuttty, North Carolina, Friday, December 31, 1943. $1.50 Per Year. 3 r i 'iV THE PElOUiiimNS y. I!!tii Department plished Much During Year -; Ma ii.fr Vawi nations ariH F Treatments Given at Clinics Accom Vol i - " By D. C. Hackett, Health OfPcer The Perquimans County Health Department has now been in operation for nine months. Though - tilt appropriation for this service -v n was approved by the County Commis- sionera and Hertford Town Board in early January, inevitable wartime 1 'x delayB in securing personnel and in obtaining equipment delayed the opening of the office until March 17.UM8.' r 4 Since that date the program of the j department has been rapidly ex 'jPanC to reach many groups. Work ' ' has been particularly directed to the School children, and to sanitary pro tection in Hertford where the load 'Of the Harvey Point Navy Baa has ) created sanitary hazards. Venereal , Disease Control has also presented a large ptdblem, very considerable numbers of patients having been V1 found who were in need of treatment .for these diseases. i. Smallpox vaccinations have totaled 747, 246 complete immunizations for v diphtheria, and 2,823 complete vacci i ' nations for typhoid fever. Many of the vaccinations were done in the scnoeu, bat otners were done at I Tacemation clinics which were held ijji: throughout the county at community centers during July and August f rrenatai cunics were started in ':'( Jnlv mnA tiali n tha fimt onJ v. uuiu inwy siKnivona ox eucn . month. Dnrincr Julv and Autrust 0 ! 1 -TL jy L tnese were conducted by practicing physicians of the county, and since then , they have been conducted by the health officer. Thirty patients have been admitted to these clinics, and 67 clinic visits have been made. . Eleven midwives have been register ; d ' or supervision, 4 days of instruc tioH were given to these midwives, and they all received complete physi-"-W" I Continued on Page Two) iniiy Draft Quota Dt!!s For 25 Men r:J?" Ibsjthomas 6. Sumner, clerk of iVlhSjPerquimans County Draft Board, announced today that the local board J;J:'has received two calls for Perquim- ;K;Jas .County to furnish 25 men for the f armed services for January. , The first call is to be filled on X January 14, callhig for 10 Negroes, i.. and the other call is for 15 white men c ; on January 25. f V The- biggest contingent of draftees ,j ordered for induction from the coun ty in recent months left Perquimans for the induction center yesterday which included 65 Negroes to receive . their physical examinations prior to ' being inducted. . Five white men inducted into the ,;i ) armed forces also left this week to begin their training. These men I V . were Simon Stal lings, Horace Stal K " lings, Elvin Spivel, William Owens . and Fenton Hurdle, and were accept ed by the Army from the December ; 2nd call. Hertford Stores Will Not Oose New Year's Stores in Hertford will not close for New Year's as has been the un derstanding. At a meeting of the Perquimans Merchants Committee here,Tuesday night, it was decided that the stores not close this year for New Year's Day. yft was decided, however, that the local ;' stores will close each Wednes- ' ,3 day afternoon at 12 o'clock, beginning l"V3 neit; Wednesday. The stores will ' i continue to close each Wednesday af .. ..'Jtemoon Until the month of December, )' t which time they will cease to close 1 for. th-half-day, InfantOe Paralysis Drive Starts Jan. 14 ' ; ' rjtntnafirn will mt under wav January :',.''' t ' mTIA mntiniiA 'tiiimuarli tViA month. ;vaw4ordlris; to an announcement from national headquarters, '.if. 'A Jlra. B. G. Koonce is chairman of rtHw rerquimans eommittee, ; again, ;;iis year, ana sne suiiea van pians for toe local drive will be announced ery' soon. ' The funds raised through the l"fantile paralysis, campaign are ue.;1 to combat the disease, .'which crip ples many persons annually., The y , oversubscribed Its goal last and Mrs. Kooiils hopeful that tven larger amount can b raised 1 . new monuk , . - , Archie Lane Installed Master Masonic Lodge Installation of new officers for the year 1944 was held by Perquimans Lodge, Number 106, A. F. & A. M., of Hertford, at a meeting held Tues-! day night at the Masonic Hall in. the Court House. Archie T. Lane was installed as master of the lodge. I Other officers installed were: Clinton T. Eley, senior warden; C. C. Winslovv, junior warden; J. S. Vick, secretary; Luther Sitletson, treasurer; John O. White, Jr., senior deacon; Charlie R. Vannj junior dea- fuljicon; Marry Winslow, steward, and W. A. Hoffler, tyler. Red Cross Chapter Shipped Many Items To Headquarters The sewing and knitting depart- i ments of the Perquimans County Chapter of the American Red Cross have been doing a spelndid job dur ing the past year insupplying the national headquarters with items used for relief in war-torn areas, and among our armed forces. A report issued this week by Mrs. Helen Skinner, who keeps an accurate record of all items shipped to the American Red Cross, shows the local chapter made and shipped the follow ing items: Mufflers, 15; children's sweaters, 64; men's sweaters, i2; ladies' sweaters, 19; girls' woolen Ure ses, 28; ladies' woolen dresses, 12; hos pital shirts, 42; boys shirts, 35; baby garments: dresses, 9; petti coats, 16; shirts, 11; bands, 6; sleep ing garments, 25; sacks, 4; caps, 4; W1U uvuuus, pair, mu- tens, 4 pair; kit bags, 259; hospital oea-sme Dags, iuu; wash cloths, iuu; kits, 200; bedroom slippers, 100; B. ! P. Covers and Housewives (soldiers' I sewing kits), 100. Mrs. Mark Hathaway and Miss Helen Gaither have been conducting classes each week which have been 1 helpful in making this fine record for the local chapter. Interested per sons who wish to join in this work of sewing and knitting can do so by seeing either of the two leaders. Materials for garments are fur nished by the Red Cross and local Red Cross leaders aid in helping in dividuals work on the products. Funeral Monday For Charlie M. Hurdle Charlie M. Hurdle, 17, of near Winfall, died suddenly at his home Saturday afternoon. He was the son of Sam and Carrie Griffin Hurdle. Mr. Hurdle is survived by his wife, the former Miss Mary Scaff; two sons, Vivian Hurdle, of Norfolk, Va., and Eugene Hurdle, of Rerquimans; one daughter, Shirley Hurdle, of Rerquimans; two brothers, Nathan and Quentin Hurdle of Rerquimans; three sisters, Mrs. Deanie Umphlett, of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Eula Ferrell, of Pasquotank County, and Mrs. Eunice Jennings, of Perquimans. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at the Pleasant Grove Church at Hurdletown with the nev. ju isigsDee Miner, ot rJiizabethi City, assisted by the Rev. J. D. Cranford, of the Winfall Methodist Church, officiating. During Jhe services the church choir sang "Abide With Me," "Last Mile of the Way" and "The Morning of Joy." Active pallbearers were: Fred Winslow, Howard Copeland, Ellis Miller, George Hall, Walter Umphlett and Ernest Spivey. The casket was covered with a pall of pink and white carnations. Interment was made in the church cemetery and was under the direction of the Lynch Funeral Home. Gin Report Shows Decline For Year Cotton ginning in Perquimans from the 1943 cdop up to December IS, showed a decrease as compared to 1942, according to Willie M. Harrell, special agent. For this year, local gins report 8,791, bales of cotton gin ned up to December 13. Last year a total of 4,425 bales was ginned. Cpl. Carson Banks Wins Good Conduct Medal Corporal Carson B. Banks, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Banks, of Hert ford, Route Hhree, hs been awarded a good conduct medal Tor having dem onstrated faithful and exact per formance of duty whfls a member of ti kmA f mm. aAeardinrta an an. nouncement received litre this week Is the Sincere Wish of The Perquimans Weekly Staff to All Its Readers and Advertisers REVIEWING 1943 As the clock strikes 12 midnight, tonight, a weary old man will slowly move from the present into history. The old man, 1943, will be making way for the young, new, 1944. Nine teen hundred and forty-three has been an historic year; it has seen many changes on the battle fronts, the fall of Italy and the continued progress of the Allied Nations toward victory over the Axis. In many ways 1943 has been a grand year, but it also has brought sadness into the lives of many. It can be hoped that the new year will bring gladness to all and peace for the World. Many things occurred right here in Rerquimans during 1943 and these items, es recorded in our files, are herewith reviewed for the readers of The Perquimans Weekly: January 1 Perquimans youths of fered war training through NYA pro jects. Forty-seven 18-year-olds register for draft. Tax listing starts in all townships. January 8. P. C. H. S. students sell five thousand dollars worth of v ar Bonds, li. C. Berry installed a.s Master of Masonic, Lodge. Mrs. Minnie Newbold. respected resident, passes; Draft quota calls for white men. January 15. Final arrangements made for Perquimans Health Service; January Term of Superior Court in session; Hertford Woman's Club buys $300 in War Bonds; Fire causes heavy loss at Fred Winslow's home in Winfall. Mrs. I. A. Ward heads Woman's Division of War Savings Staff. January 22. Local Farm Bureau leaders attend State meeting; Gran bery Tucker resigns as County Pro secutor, replaced by C. H. Holmes; Seventeen enrolled in Home Nursing Course. Dr. Hackett speaks to the Rotary Club. January 2!). Hertford Ikiptist Church concludes drive to clear in debtedness. L. W. Anderson an nounces Government plan to relieve farm labor shortage; County Council holds Federation meeting. February 5. Office of Town Com missioners lengthened by bill in leg islature, introduced by Rep. W. W. White; Service men's pictures on ex hibition at Roberson's; Red Cross Chapter ships 50 sweaters to Head quarters. February 12. Charles Skinner, Billy White and Doward Jones win rank as Eagle Scouts; Town Board passes trailer ordinance; 30 Negroes leave for induction center; Local ra tion board in meeting at Elizabeth City; Perquimans infantile paralysis campaign raises $2G5. February 19. Draft Board seeks information on delinquents; Methodist Church observes week of dedication; Perquimans teachers meet to plan for ration registration; Gas violators are warned by Ration Board Chairman E. Leigh Winslow. February 26. Red Cross Chapter concludes plans for War Fund Cam paign, led by Mrs. C. P. Morris; Health, Officer D. C. Hackett speaks at Central Grammar School; Emer gency crop loans applications taken at Sheriff's office. March 5. Blackout termed success ful by OCD; War Ration Books II issued through county schools; Rosser E. Brinn passes away at his home;'0' Rotary Club; Mrs. Mark Hathaway Equalization Board hears tax com plaints. March 12. Employees at Major Loomis contribute naif -day's pay to Red Cross drive; Juniors at P. C. H. S. entertain Senior Class. March 19. Perquimans Health Office begins active operation in County; Many vagrants taken to court on War Board request. March 26. Announcement of meat rationing made: OPA lifts ban on pleasure driving; Red Cross short of i war fund goal; Housing, Authority I refects tmmoaftd housincr nrofect. April 1 County Bed Cross meets f ' war fund goal; Housing survey made by Government authorities; F. T. I Johnson attends State Teachers . meeting; Town election holds little ii. revest, all members of board file for renomination. April 9. Fire destroys home and causes death of Charles Lutz and 1 sister, Ednora Lutz Wood; Red Cross fund reaches 3,500; Board of Edu cation petitions for nine months school; Second War Loan opens, quota, $125,000. April 23. Superior Court in ses sion; Congressman Bonner announces Bear Swamp Drainage Project okeh ed; Health Office treang draftees in venereal clinic; Mrs. Jonas Futrell elected second vice president of the State P. T. A. April 30. County schools close 1942-43 school year; 30 get diplomas. County exceeds Second War Loan quota, wins right to name bomber. Hertford observation tower being manned 24 hours daily. Merchants vote to close stores on Thursdays. May 7. Perquimans County resi dents purchased over $200,000 in Sec md War 1oan. Present Town Board and Mayor re-elected for a term of four years. County land owners plan for organization of Conservation Dis trict. May 14. Wm. Paul Stallings Post of American Legion host to District Meeting. Work of maintaining and building new road to Harvey Point under way. Local citizens petition r for USO Center. 1 May 21. Soil Conservation Dis trict passed by referendum. Draft Board ordered to reclassify fathers. May 28. American Legion in charge of Memorial Day services at Methodist Church. Red Cross Chap ter ships 115 kits for overseas service men. June 4. AAA penalties withdrawn, Dr. E. S. White announces. Resi dents applying for War Ration Book III; Charles Williford elected presi dent of Lions Club. June 11. Town of Hertford adver tising delinquent property list; Leg ionairres, Rotarkins and Lions voted funds for Harvey I'oint athletic equipment. Officers making drive for speeders. June 18. Harvey Point Naval Air Station commissioned; Commissioners ban sale of beer on Sundays. Housing problem becomes acute situation;; Services honoring service men held on Courthouse Green. June 25. One price system for peanuts announced; Health Depart ment holds vaccination clinics; Coun ty fails to meet June war bond quota. July 2. Archie T. Lane, E. M. Perry and John T. Lane named to Soil Conservation Board; Ixeal hous ing situation surveyed by National Housing Authority; Home Demon- ' stratio Clubs open curb market; Fire causes heavy loss at Blanchard's Store. July 9. County valuation of prop erty up $245,000, commissioners told. Local committee named to carry out Governor's vagrancy program. Dr. E. Louise Payne named to Medical Staff at Woman's Hospital, Penna. July 16. Housing Authority ap proves project for Town of Hertford. J. Henry Newbold elected President heads Red Cross sewing class; Draft Board orders men in 4-F for new examinations. July 23. County Commissioners retain $1.50 tax rate for County; OPA sets market toasket prices on foods; Hertford fire equipment en larged through government plan; Work started on rebuilding Blanch ard's store. July SO. United Service Organiza- tions approve center for Hertford; 1 Hertford Rotary Club entertains dis- trlct governor, R. W. Madry; V. N. I Darden Installed as District Com (Continued on Page Four) Volunteer Workers To Receive OPA Badges Volunteer workers on 64 local war price and rationing boards in the Raleigh OPA District who have taken the federal oath of office and price panel assistants now serving on va rious local boards will receive a small badge of identification in the near future, Theodore S. Johnson, district director, announced today. The badge is of sliieid sh;nie, slightly larger than a postage si i;ip and is made oi inexpensive pi -lie The lettering is red and iduc i. a background of white anl says: " !'A War Price and Rationing iioird Volunteer." Arrangements are being made throughout the Raleigh district, Johnson said, to present badges to qualified volunteers, by various board chairmen. Plans For Fourth War Loan Drive Getting Under Way K. M. Riddick, chairman of the War , . , , tJ... 1..-; ,k m.i wumy, unuouncea loaay trail ne nasin-'ai' u""s received a letter from W. H. Wool-) Mr. Winslow stated that surveys ard, chairman of North Carolina War j show a large amount of scrap to be Finance Committee Region 1, invit-: found within the county, and his ing him to a luncheon and meeting of committee, in cooperation with State all the countv chairmen to be held 'and National WPB authorities, are at the Hotel Louise in Washington, N. C, on Sunday morning, January 2, at 10:30, for the purpose of plan ning and making preparations for the Fourth War Bond drive coming in January. County Chairman Riddick said that within a day or so following this meeting, the will be called county organizations together to discuss plans for the drive. The chairman said, "it is desired that all members of the committees without fail attend the meeting. And as in the past, I'm depending upon the people of Perquimans County, in order to put the county quota over as we have always done in the past, and without this, I dare say it can't he put over." The quota will he announced as soon as it is given out, the chairman said. Hertford Girl One Xmas Blood Donors Betty Bray Holmes, yeoman third class, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Holmes, was among the 70 Coast Guard SPARS who gave blood that may save the life of a fighting brother overseas, in a mass Christ mas present on the night of Decem ber 14, at Norfolk, according to an announcement received here from the I'. S. Coast Guard public relations office at Charleston, S. C. It used to be red neckties they gave to their brothers, husbands and sweethearts for Christmas, but this year the women of the Coast Guard gave their red blood as the best aid for the American fighters who could not be home for Christmas. After a regular working day, the SPARS assembled at the District Coast Guard Medical Office in Norfolk and donated their blood. January Superior Court Is Called Off The January Civil Term 01" Per quimans County Supeilor Court has been called off, according to a notice recencu Here by Clerk of Court W. H. Pitt, from the Covernnr'u Olfun A notice was forwarded to Judge W. H. S. liurgwyn, who had been as signed to preside at the court, of the action. ' According to the clerk, fourteen cases are on the civil docket, and these will automatically be carried over for hearing when Superior Court convenes in April, for a mixed term. Hertford Boy Graduates From Mechanic School According to an announcement re ceived here, Pfc. Wallace M. Coffield. son of Mrs. Mary L. Coffield, of Hertford, has been graduated from Gulfport Army Air Forces Technical Training Command School for aire plane mechanics specialized in main tenance of cargo and transport type airpuuies, at uuuport raeia, Miss. Pfc. Coffield was an auto mechanic in civilian life, prior to entering the services, and was employed by the Coffield Bros., Wreckers, of Norfolk, Virginia. Intensive Drive For Scrap Material To Be Started Jan. 3rd Salvage Chairman Re quests Public to Aid Children In Work A. R. Vwnslow, chairman of the Perquimans County Salvage Commit tee, stated today that an intensive campaign for the collection of scrap iron and steel will get underway throughout the county, beginning on January 3rd, and the local committee is urging the public to cooperate in this campaign to its fullest extent. The campaign is really an exten sion of the drive started here in De cember, but which resulted in little scrap material being gathered, and the committee thus decided to extend the campaign until after the holidays. Students of the county schools will continue the campaign to gather scrap material, working toward win ning a $25 war bond the salvage committee is giving to the school hoping this scrap will be contributed during the drive next month to swell the stock piles of scrap at our war production centers, where it is badly needed to continue the manufacture of war materials. He continued, saying that people who have scrap and who do not wish jw oonate n 10 me scnoois or various ' organizations in the county, may sell it, 11 they win contact a aeaier in scrap metal. H said he would be glad to see a reliable scrap dealer and make arrangements for the sale of any scrap, providing individuals having scrap will see or write hint. Hertford Recorder Has Light Docket Judge of Recorder's Court Charles E. Johnson had a light docket Tues day following arrests made over the Christmas holidays, when only 11 cases were tried. Of the 11 cases, six were traffic violators cited to court by Patrolman Charles E. Payne. Kul'us Hines, charged with operat1 ing an automobile on the North Ca rolina State highway while under the influence of intoxicants, was given a 60-days jail sentence. Sentence to be suspended upon payment of a $75 fine, costs of court and his operator's license was ordered revoked for a period of 12 months. Henry Malery, charged with reck less driving and with driving while under the influence of intoxicants, was fined $75, costs of court and his license revoked for 12 months. Allen Steele Hopkins and Richanl E. Mathews, each charged with ex ceeding the speed limit law, were fined $10 ami assessed with court costs. Prayer for judgment was continued in the case charging William Henry Tillson, JVegro, with operating an automobile with no operator's li cense. The defendant was advised not to drive another car until an operator's license had been ob tained. John Tollson, Negro, was fined $5.00 and taxed with court costs after be ing found guilty of allowing his car to be driven by a person with no op erator's license. Henry Foreman, Negro charged with being drunk and disorderly on the streets of Hertford, was fined $10 and court costs. Joshua Zachary, Negro, submitted and paid costs to a charge of simple drunkenness. A. C. Watson and William Everett, both Negroes of the Goose Hollow section of Hertford, charged with mutual assault with a deadly weap on, were each given 30 days in jail, the sentences to be suspended upon payment of court costs and settle ment of hospital and local medical attention bills. Observation Post Needs Volunteers J. S. Vick, chief observer of the Hertford Observation Post, today is sued a call for volunteers for a four- ! hour watch every Wednesday. ine iour-nour watch is to be so broken up, that each volunteer will only have a two-hour a week stand. Residents of Hertford who will serve on this watch are asked to get in touch with Mr. Vick. S3 1 1 s? '" 1 t ViSH
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